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Council Minutes of 6/20/2006 keeps going this way. Thanks to Mr. Young for his good job and to Mr. Dailey as Springvale is now under his directorship. Councilman Orlowski, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on June 13, 2006. In attendance were committee members Orlowski, Talton and Barker; Council Members; the Assistant Law Director, Mayor, Safety Director, Service Director, Finance Director, Mr. Burns the Chamber of Commerce representative and guests. Agenda items: Ordinance No. 2005-158, an ordinance which provides for prohibition of certain specific activities that create unreasonable noises in or near residential properties in order to regulate snow storage operations on commercial property located near residences. Mr. Hartman of Developer's Diversified Realty was unable to attend due to a prior commitment. Present were several County Club Condominium residents and officers of the Association. They expressed their interest in moving the salt pile and snow removal equipment to a different location which would be further than 30-50 feet from residents' homes. It was mentioned that the snow removal company leaves equipment running all night long, regardless of whether it is being used to load salt or any other purpose. The residents felt that the noise and odors from delivery trucks and related snow removal equipment has an adverse affect on the value of their condominiums. Councilman Orlowski presented a drawing detailing the rear retail buildings at the east end of the strip shopping center. Photographs of the section to be discussed were provided for visual clarification. Dimensions of the parking/receiving area behind and next to Dallas Shoe Warehouse, Sally Beauty, Holevmb's, Pier One and Bed, Bath & Beyond were detailed. A small alcove behind Holcomb's was menrioned. This is a covered area with retail building walls on three sides. The area is 25 feet deep, 16 feet wide and 11 feet high tv the bar joists. The area required for salt, per Mr. Hartman, is approximately 9 feet x 16 feet x 8 feet high. This area would, with some modifications, easily contain his salt requirements and possibly some snow removal equipment. If a common backdoor corridor were developed, such as at the Great Northern Mall, Holcomb's, Sally Beauty and Dallas Shoe Warehouse could access the same truck dock and/or a common man door for deliveries. This would free up access to the alcove for other purposes. The length and width of both areas east and west of the truck dock were discussed. Also discussed was the number of dumpsters and the placement and configuration of the dumpsters. The proper placement of the dumpsters could create a large amount of open space in the back delivery area. Safety Director Terbrack was concerned about the echo effect of this indentation of the strip center. While this may be a viable concern, the area in question is approximately 1,000 feet from the front wall line, that would be from the very southern portion of the buildings at Bed, Bath & Beyond, and it was approximately 1,000 from the front wall line of the Victoria Plaza apartments. This is in contrast to 30-50 feet from condominiums behind the Mare's, Comp USA, Radio Shack area, and this is estimated from the property lines. Mr. Burns was concerned with the square footage in the ordinance. He felt an increase to 75,000 or 100,000 square feet would be more appropriate. It was 10